Azo dyestuffs insoluble in water



' Patented jan. 19 40 a AZODYES'IUFFS INSOLUBLETN WATER Werner Zervvecl; and Ernst Heinrich, Frankforton-the-Main-Fechenheirn'j to General Aniline Works', Ir'ic.,

N. Y., a corporation of pelawaref] No Drawing. Application Germany, assignors New york,

at 14,192 Serial 1 Claim. 01. zen-e049 l The a s. Patent no. 2,o25,5s2 r iat s to water insoluble azodyestufis of the general formula:

wherein X meansan alkyl or alkoxy group, R

. stands for hydrogen, an alkyl, benzyl, a completely hydrogenated hydroaromatic radical or a radical of the benzene series and R1 stands for a radical of the benzene or naphthalene series According to U. S. Patent No. 2,025,582 these dyestuffs may be used for preparing lakes fast to oils and for incorporating them with rubber products, whereby red dyeings of very good 'fastness.

to light and to vulcanization are obtained, Furthermore it is stated in the cited patent that the good properties of the dyestuffs are surprising because the diazo compounds of the bases which j More particularly, the present invention relates to azodyestufis of the general formula:

' SOz-NBE-CHeCHrCHaCHa wherein X1 stands for a member selected from"v TheTn'ew dyestuffs are obtained 2pgrams of 2-(2,3-hydroxynaphthoylamino)- the grlcup consisting of hydrogen, halogen andv alkyLJaLllidxy and aryloxy groups. I

ing vegetable fibers according to the usual methads with 2- (,2" -"3-hydroxy naphthoylamino) naphthalene and. combining this compound on the fiber with. a diazo compound of an amineof the 'following i'formulaz SOf-NlEl-CEiOHaCHnCHs' NH: wherein X1 has the above signification. The dyeings and printings thus obtained are distinguished by clear bright red .shadesand by a good fastness to boiling, soaping and washing, and by a very good fastness to light Dyeings and printings distinguished by these good properties have never been obtained before by combining 2-,(2',3'ehydroxynaphthoylamino) naphthalene with other diazo compounds. Thus, for example, the dyeings obtainedby combining 2-(2',3 hydroxynaphthoylamino) naphthalene with' diazo compounds of 2-amino-4-chlorotoluene, 2-amino-4-chloroanisole or 2-aminoi-" chlorodiphenylether are surpassed by the dyeings obtained according to the present invention by better fastness to light. The dyeings prepared by employing I l-methoxy- 2 '-amino-benzene-4s ul ionic acid n-butylamide as diazo component are distinguished from those obtained with the isomeric 1-methoxy--2-aminobenzene--sulfonic acid diethylamide by considerably brighter shades and better fastness to light.

In order tofurther illustrate'our invention the following example is given, the parts being by weight and all temperatures in degrees centigrade.

Example 50 grams of boiled cotton yarn are treated with the impregnating bath (a) for half an hour, then freed from the adhering liquid by winding, squeezing or centrifuging and, while wet, dyed in the developing bath (b) for half an hour. Then the-dyed goods is rinsed,-soaped at the boil, rinsed once more and dried.

Impregnating bath (a) naphthalene, 6 cos. of caustic soda lye of 34 B., ices. of Turkey red oil of 50% strength and 2 cc s.'.of formaldehyde of 30% strength are dissolved in about 500 cos. of boiling water. Then by impregnat the solution is made up to 1 liter by the addition of water.

- Developing bath (b) 2.6 grams of 1-methoxy-2-aminobenzene-4- 5 sulfonic acid n-butylamide of melting point 103 of the formulazw v J SOr-NZH-OHr-GHz-CHr-CH:

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are diazotized in the usual manner with 0.7' g. y of sodium nitrite and 2.8 cos. of hydrochloric acid of 22 B. To the diazo solution obtained2.5 grams of sodium acetate and a solution of 25 grams of sodium chloride in water are added and the solution is made up to 1 liter.

In the above described manner bright red shades of good fastness to washing and boiling and very good fastness to light are'obtained.

Similar bright shades are obtained according to-one of the usual printing methods.

By employing as diazocomponent in the above example instead of 1methoxy-2-aminobenzenel-sul fonic acid n-butylamide the corresponding amount of 1-methyl-2-aminobenzene-4sulfonic acid n-butylamide, clear yellowish red shades of:

an equally good fastness propertiesare obtained.

Similar valuable dyeings are obtained by employing 1-chloro2-aminobenzene-l-sulfonio acid n-butylamide, 1phenoxy-2-aminobenzene-4-sulionic acid n-butylamide or 1-aminobenzene-3- sulfonic acid n-butylamide or 1(4-chlorophen- 5 oxy)-2-aminobenzene-4-sulfonic acid n-butylamide as diazo components. I

which dyestufl yields when prepared on the vegetable fiber bright red shades of good fastness to washing and boiling and very good fastness to light.

WERNER ZERWECK. ERNST HEINRICH. 

